I'm Srikanth Meenakshi — co-founder of PrimeInvestor and, before that, of FundsIndia. I spent a decade and a half writing code for Wall Street, then came home to Chennai to build what Indian investors actually deserve: honest research, professional portfolio management, and a platform that takes their side.
My career began in 1994 at IBM Global Services in Maryland, writing enterprise software for clients like Sallie Mae, Time Life, and Verizon. I earned my Master's in Computer Science from Oregon Graduate Institute and spent the next decade deep inside the American financial system — first as system architect at FOLIOfn, the brokerage that pioneered basket trading and fractional ownership, then as a project manager at Fannie Mae, running the pricing infrastructure for a $700 billion mortgage portfolio.
In 2008, I returned to India to co-found FundsIndia. We built the country's first retail online mutual fund platform — growing it over eleven years to 2.5 lakh customers, ₹6,500 crores in assets, and a successful exit to a PE firm in 2023. As COO, I ran eleven departments and 350 employees, and conceived most of the platform's first-of-its-kind features.
In 2019 I co-founded PrimeInvestor — a research-as-a-service platform built for a simple reason: retail investors in India deserved unbiased, independent research they could actually trust. In 2024, we extended that philosophy into portfolio management services. Today, PrimeInvestor PMS manages money for investors who want research, rigor, and real skin in the game.
I'm a frequent voice in Indian financial media, hold the President of India's gold medal for academics, and a US patent for server architecture. But the credential I value most is simpler: my family's wealth sits in the same portfolios we manage for clients.
Building India's trusted subscription-based investment research platform and, since 2024, a PMS offering that puts professional portfolio management within reach of serious retail investors.
Co-founded India's pioneering digital mutual fund platform. Grew the firm from two people and a working prototype to a USD 100 million enterprise with 350 employees. Exited successfully to a PE firm in 2023.
Led pricing infrastructure for a $700B mark-to-market accounting portfolio. Took a manual, 10-day, non-SOX-compliant process and delivered a fully automated, audit-clean 5-day pipeline — while reducing the team size by 40%.
Architected the infrastructure for an innovative online brokerage pioneering basket trading, fractional ownership, and personal folios — concepts that took two more decades to reach the Indian market.
Career foundation. Clinical information systems, web applications in education, and enterprise architecture for Sallie Mae, Time Life, and Verizon.
PrimeInvestor PMS is not another stock-picking shop. It's a set of three research-driven strategies, built on two decades of work by our investment team and run with the conviction of founders who invest their own family wealth in the same portfolios.
A professionally managed mutual fund portfolio blending equity, debt, and gold. Designed for investors who want market-beating potential without the sleepless nights. Three risk-profiled variants: Growth, Balanced, and Conservative.
A hybrid strategy combining the diversification of mutual funds with a focused direct-equity sleeve for investors seeking a middle path between passive allocation and active stock selection.
A flexi-cap, stocks-only portfolio for investors seeking above-market returns. High-conviction positions, rigorous sector and second-order analysis, and a willingness to hold when the crowd flinches.
"Forget the PMS part. Think of us as a service that answers the only question that matters: what is right for your money?"
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